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Sargent Shriver and 'The Other America'

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Sargent Shriver and 'The Other America'

On February 1, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson tasked Sargent Shriver with leading the War on Poverty. Developing a range of programs, Sargent Shriver would go on to lift up thousands of Americans.

This clip from the documentary American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver is supplied by and used with the permission of the Sargent Shriver Peace Institute. (SSPI). This clip shall not be duplicated, edited, or re-published without previous written permission from SSPI.

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